...that the Chinese
communists did by no means always maintain that Taiwan
was a part of China? In an interview with the American
journalist Edgar Snow in 1936, Mao Zedong supported
independence of Taiwan, also in 1941 the later Foreign
Minister Zhou Enlai spoke of Taiwan as a "nation
state" like Korea: --> more

...that the Chinese
contention that based on the Cairo declaration of 1943
and the Potsdam Agreement of 1945 Taiwan was restored to
China - and thereby to the People's Republic of China (as
stated recently by Jiang Zemin during his visit to
Brandenburg in Germany in April 2002) - is a case of
blatant falsification of history? --> more

...that the German
Federal Government in practice endorses the so-called
"One-China-policy", at the time of establishing
diplomatic relations with China, however, this was in no
way laid down in writing? The whole subject was not
touched in the communiqué.

...that since April
2001, the Federal Government of Germany categorically
turns down any Taiwanese requests for arms sales for its
defence without further discussion, even if such sales
only imply subcontractual sales for US-projects? Such
requests shall not even be discussed any more within the
so-called "Bundessicherheitsrat" ("Federal
Security Council" - a decision making forum of the
core cabinet), as was the case with the submarine export
project that was rejected in 1993. ---> more(article in "tageszeitung"
- German - April 26th, 2001)

...that high-ranking
politicians from Taiwan, including President CHEN Shui-pien
and Vice-President (Annette) LÜ Hsiu-lien even as a
private person are not granted transit visa to EU member
states? In terms of protocol they are treated in the same
way as election forger Robert Mugabe from Zimbabwe and
high officials of his regime, for whom an entry ban to
the EU is in force.

...that the German
government, reacting to pressure from Peking, blocked a
50 million Euro deal for the sale of a surveillance
satellite to Taiwan by the German aerospace company DASA,
and that finally the French company MATRA went ahead? (At
the same time the red-green coalition government okayed
the disputed delivery of a tank for test purposes to the
Turkish armed forces) --> more(article in "Stuttgarter
Nachrichten" - German - Oct. 26th, 1999)

...that software
systems in use with authorities in Germany (such as the
software COMVOR used by the police in the city of Hamburg)
are programmed in such a way, that when entering the word
"Taiwan" the user is automatically led to the
entry "People's Republic of China", leading
many an officer to the assumption that he encountered a
programming error?

...that Taiwan's
president Chen Shui-bien was awarded the "Prize of
Freedom" by the Liberal International in 2001, but
neither Denmark nor France granted him a visa to have the
chance to receive the Prize? --> more

...that Taiwan
fulfilled the prerequisites for entry to the WTO as early
as May 1999 and the obligations undertaken went far
beyond the minimum standards for WTO entry, however, due
to reasons of Chinese prestige, Taiwan was to be admitted
only after admittance of China to the WTO? China was
admitted on Nov. 10th, 2001, Taiwan was admitted one day
after on Nov. 11th, 2001 under the designation "Customs
territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Chinmen and Matsu", -->
more (article
in "Die Welt" - German) and (EU
parliament)